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TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Harandane Toure started taking malaria pills when he first spiked a fever but as the days passed his illness only worsened.Doctors ultimately told him he was among the hundreds now infected with the coronavirus in this town long fabled for being inaccessible from the rest of the world.There are no commercial…

Police personnel managing traffic at the Wadapally checkpost.   | Photo Credit: Singam Venkataramana Local authorities could impose restrictions based on their assessment outside containment zones, says MHA The permit or e-pass system for inter-State movement of vehicles was done away with on May 30, when the first set of guidelines for opening up the…

A South African business anticipates supply of 5 000 test kits per day from the end of July.The kits will produce results within two hours.The company also sees a demand from international firms.A shortage of test kits has undermined South Africa's early response to the coronavirus crisis, but a local biotechnology firm is stepping up…

Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Mopani district is now the epicentre of coronavirus cases in Limpopo.Out of 866 cases in the province, the number of infections in that district is 147.Monitoring will continue in the province.There has been yet another "cluster outbreak" of Covid-19 cases in Limpopo, with the Mopani district now identified as…

A closer look at people who tested positive for COVID-19 but never developed symptoms has found that such asymptomatic carriers have few to no detectable antibodies just weeks after infection, suggesting they may not develop lasting immunity.A new study on COVID-19 immunity has found that people who were asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic had their antibodies…

CBC Ottawa's latest roundup of key updates during the coronavirus pandemic.CBC News Network showcases the best of CBC journalism, covering breaking stories with speed, and adding context and meaning along the way. CBC News Network is also the destination for original journalism, with added depth from CBC News bureaus across the country and around the…

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Just 37% of News24 readers expect to be infected with Covid-19 in the future.Just 29% of 18 to 24-year-olds expect to be infected.The majority of readers who said they will have access to quality healthcare if infected are white.A News24/Ipsos poll has revealed what appears to be high levels of apathy among News24 readers toward…

Remember in the past, how you would turn the oil heating system off for the summer months and then when you turned it back on, it did not work? So you needed a visit from a heating engineer for help? It's easy to switch things off but often much harder to turn them back on…

MEDICALLY, THEY WERE SPARED THE WORST EFFECTS OF COVID-19. ECONOMICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY, IRELAND’S YOUNG WILL SUFFER HUGE CONSEQUENCES FROM CORONAVIRUS Though not generally as physically susceptible to coronavirus as older people, young people may well suffer most psychologically and economically as a consequence of the pandemic. The economic evidence is stark. “The job losses that…